# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-simon-u-ren
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:35:33.880Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-simon-u-ren"
name: "William Simon U'Ren"
slug: "william-simon-u-ren"
description: "William Simon U'Ren was an American lawyer and political activist. U'Ren promoted and helped pass a corrupt practices act, the presidential primary, and direct election of U.S. senators. As a progressive, U'Ren championed the initiative, referendum, and recall systems. These measures were also designed to promote democracy and weaken the power of backstage elites. His reforms in Oregon were widely copied in other states. He supported numerous other reforms, such as the interactive model of proportional representation, which was not enacted. He had little success in battles for a Georgist \"Single Tax\" on the unimproved value of land."
tagline: "American lawyer and political activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Simon_U'Ren_002.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1859"
deathDate: "1949-03-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.45
  momentum:             0.08771929824561403
  historical:           3.745753333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام سيمون ورين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88'%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "ویلیام سیمون او'رن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Simon_U'Ren"
    title: "William Simon U'Ren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Simon_U'Ren"
    title: "William Simon U'Ren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8018448"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump